[issue15951] string.Formatter returns str for empty unicode template

[Chris Jerdonek]

Chris Jerdonek added the comment:

I filed issue 15952 for the behavior difference between format(value) and value.__format__() and the related lack of documentation re: unicode format strings.

Given that the expected behavior for the current issue doesn't seem to be documented (aside from PEP 3101, which is probably too late to follow), we should probably agree on what the behavior should be (as well as documenting it) before or while addressing this issue.

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